ERKKI-SVEN TUUR
Tuur: Awakening (Arkamine) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Sinfonietta Riga, Daniel Reuss [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] |
TONU KORVITS
Kõrvits: Moorland Elegies Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestr, Risto Joost [ Ondine / CD - released 15/May/2017 ] Ondine continues its series of works by Baltic composers with a new exciting release. This disc features Moorland Elegies, a 50-minute work for mixed choir and string orchestra by Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits (b. 1969). The work is being performed... |
TONU KORVITS
Korvits: Sei la luce e il mattino (You are Light and Morning) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Risto Joost [ Ondine / CD - released 6/Nov/2020 ] "The poetry of the 20th-century Italian writer Cesare Pavese is brought to life by Kõrvits in lyrical, meditative music, wherein elements of nature: wind, fire, water, earth are equated to aspects of the human condition: longing, regret, loneliness." |
TONU KORVITS
Korvits: The Sound of Wings Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Risto Joost [ Ondine / CD - released 2/Jun/2023 ] Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits (b. 1969) belongs to his country's most prominent composers. His works are rich with delicate atmosphere possessing a particularly Northern feel combined with a romantic and Impressionistic touch. |
GALINA GRIGORJEVA
Galina Grigorjeva: Nature Morte Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Theatre of Voices & Yxus Quartet, Paul Hillier [ Ondine / CD - released 15/May/2017 ] "This new album from the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir reinforces their position as one of the world's leading vocal ensembles…[Grigorjeva] follows in the long shadow of Rachmaninov, bracing an essential serenity with the subtlest of richer har |
CHRISTOPHER ROUSE
Violin Concerto / Der Gerettete Alberich / etc Evelyn Glennie (percussion) Cho-Liang Lin (violin) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Sep/2006 ] "Evelyn Glennie has been presented with few more effective-sounding vehicles for her virtuosity than this entertaining and often extremely rackety pieces... Demonstration-class recording." BBC Music Magazine ***** |
CHRISTOPH GRAUPNER
Orchestral Suites Finnish Baroque Orchestra, Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch [ Ondine / CD - released 15/Jan/2014 ] The performances by the Finnish Baroque Orchestra are exemplary, the mood benign and unhurried to match the music, and every player of every unusually featured instrument...calmly taking their opportunity to make a colourful contribution |
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rasputin (Complete opera) Finnish National Opera / Matti Salminen / Lillia Paasilivi / Jorma Hynninen / Jyrki Anttila / MIkko Franck (cond) [ Ondine DVD / DVD - released 4/Apr/2006 ] G :- "This is a grand show." [10/10 for performances and sound Classics Today] |
KANTELINEN
The Snow Queen: Ballet Suite Finnish National Opera Orchestra, Tuomas Kantelinen [ Ondine / CD - released 15/Jan/2014 ] The Snow Queen was a hit with the Finnish National Ballet - for this timeless tale, Kantelinen created a musical score that is at once nostalgic and easily accessible. |
Finnish Radio Chamber Choir
Sacred Works For Mixed Chorus [ Ondine / CD ] |
Finnish Radio Chamber Choir
Vigilia [ Ondine / CD ] |
Finnish Radio Chamber Orch
Works For Mixed Chorus [ Ondine / CD - released 27/Apr/1998 ] |
ANTTI AUVINEN
Auvinen: Junker Twist / Himmel Punk / Turbo Aria Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Ondine / CD - released 6/Nov/2020 ] This new Ondine release by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Hannu Lintu presents a new contemporary voice within Finland's contemporary music scene: Antti Auvinen. |
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
LutosÅ‚awski: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4; Jeux vénitiens Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Feb/2019 ] "All are played with searing energy by the Finnish Radio Symphony orchestra under the lucid baton of their chief conductor, Hannu Lintu, in equally successful performances…Captured in brilliant sound" BBC Award Finalist 2020 |
GYORGY LIGETI
Ligeti: Violin Concerto / Lontano / Atmosphères / San Francisco Polyphony Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] Ligeti's works on this disc provide an excellent cross-section of the metamorphosis in his compositional technique over a period of 30 years. The Violin Concerto incorporates influences from Medieval and Renaissance music, from late Romantic music... |
MAGNUS LINDBERG
Lindberg: Graffiti / Seht die Sonne Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Chamber Choir / Sakari Oramo [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "..the truly individual moments are the most affecting - particularly the ethereal conclusion. In both works the orchestra under Sakari Oramo is a treasure trove of colour" BBC Music Five Stars |
RAUTAVAARA / SIBELIUS / SALLINEN / PINGOUD / etc
Aurora Borealis: The Magic of Northern Lights Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Karelia Philharmonic Orchestra / Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra [ Ondine / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] The Northern Lights have been a dazzling natural phenomenon for thousands of years and have contributed to the image of Finland as a fascinating country full of mystery - 13 superb photographs, a guiding text and 12 tracks of Finnish classical music. |
MAGNUS LINDBERG
Feria / Corrente II / Arena Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) [ Ondine 20th anniversary / CD - released 25/Feb/2005 ] Magnus Lindberg is one of the internationally bestknown Finnish composers of his generation. Lindberg is predominantly a composer of instrumental music, above all orchestral music. |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 / Pelléas Et Mélisande / King Christian Ii Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon [ Ondine / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Conductor Nicholas Collon began as the new Chief Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in September 2021. This all-Sibelius programme, carefully selected by the conductor, is his debut album together with his new orchestra. Collon offers... |
PROKOFIEV
Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] This new release features the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sakari Oramo performing Sergei Prokofiev's Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6. |